Things to do before leaving for Newfoundland ie tomorrow:

1. Have sweet, sweet love with Husband. Oh yeah. You know what I’m talking about. He has this new slender vegan body that I just want to throw down and disrobe. Actually we already did this but who’s to say it couldn’t happen again? I love that man! (This is going to be one of those posts Husband disapproves of the way he disapproves about blogging about poo.)

2. Clean house. Is there anything more disheartening than coming home to a mess? It’s pretty tidy around here these days but we need to give the bathrooms a proper cleaning, fiinish the scraps of laundry, and do those things you do when you’re going to be gone a week: hand wash the final breakfast dishes, do a load of mixed laundry since there’s not enough to sort into proper classifications, take out the trash last thing, and so on.

3. Pack. It’s St John’s in summer which appears to mean “cold and raining” if you trust CBC. I used to trust them but then they sold the hockey night in canada song to some network and WHAT THE FUCK. That is our freaking SONG! Well actually it only was our song. So who knows if the weather report is correct? CBC hates us, and therefore should not be trusted not to lie about weather.

4. Visit. Seeing a school chum for lunch and my Dad for dinner.

5. Direct Husband in the washing and vacuuming of all the floors.

6. To be vigilant against clutter spread during packing activities. Vigilant!

7. Try to time shift into Newfie time, a whole four hours ahead, and yeah… this is always, always an ugly process. Especially now that I am back in No Sleep mode.

8. Take some time to be happy for the upcoming bride and groom, who are taking the grand adventure! All I can say about that is I love being married. My husband is an amazing, wonderful person who means the world to me. He brings out good things in me! Knowing I get to keep him forever is a privilege and a comfort. For me, getting married definitely changed how we related, but in good ways. We are more patient. The threat of break up is gone - for us to split, something truly dire would have to happen. But I don’t think that will be a worry for us, because we just keep growing closer and happier as the years pass. I hope Esan and Cappycoo go through a similar process: the growth of love and joy that provides the strength to work through the more difficult times.

I know it’s still premature but while we’re on the topic of the upcoming wedding, congratulations you two!